Current Affairs 29th April 2016
National News:
- Odisha CM inaugurate 100 rural drinking water projects
- Maharashtra Government rose jail term up to 5 yrs for chain snatchers
- Buddhist Circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme
- Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU between IRDAI and Insurance Authority of UAE
- Uttarakhand Government to be first stable to buy short-term power through e-auction
- Haryana notifies scheme to encourage water harvesting in MSMEs
- Naval detachment set up at Lakshadweep
- Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and Papua New Guinea on cooperation in health and medical science
- Gopal Subramanium appointed as amicus curiae to implement Justice RM Lodha committee recommendations
- Government bans import of dogs for commercial purposes
International News:
- Turkey’s new Constitution will guarantee Secularism: PM Ahmet Davutoglu
- Russia launches first rocket from new cosmodrome
- ‘Panama Papers’ to be made public on May 9
New Appointments:
- Arvind Kejriwal was unanimously re-elected as the National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
- Arianna Huffington joins Uber’s board
- Kane Williamson appointed NZ captain in all 3 formats
- Justice PK Mishra swears-in as Goa Lokayukta
- Allan Donald appointed Australia’s bowling coach
Banking & Business:
- Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged
- US Fed keeps key interest rate unchanged
- Experian India launches new fraud solution for banking and insurance
- Bombay Stock Exchange partners Korea Exchange to list derivatives
- BlackBerry launches payments service in India called BBM Money
- China’s HNA Group to acquire Carlson Hotels
Awards & Honours:
- Jagendra Singh gets press club award for bravery in Journalism
- Pakistan radio journalist Misha Euceph selected for prestigious WHCA scholarship
- Sudarsan Pattnaik bags gold medal at Sculpture Championship in Moscow
Science & Technology:
- The Indian Space Research Organisation today launched navigation satellite IRNSS-1G successfully from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota spaceport
Sports:
- Japan unveiled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics emblems
- Two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez retired
- ICC suspended Cricket Association of Nepal
- Government gives nod to new boxing body’s registration
- Deepika Kumari equals world record at Archery World Cup
- Chris Gayle’s record of fastest T20 century broken by 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago batsman Iraq Thomas
Obituaries:
- Chinese human rights campaigner Harry Wu has died. He was 79. The cause of death wasn’t known.
- Kerala cartoonist V T Thomas, popularly known as Toms, passed away following a brief illness at in Kottayam, Kerela.
- Tubby, dubbed as the world’s ‘greenest dog’ after entering into the Guinness Book of Records for sniffing out 26,000 plastic bottles for recycling, died in the UK.
